01 / Foundation · 6 min
The health history is not a scavenger hunt.
Move from broad narrative to focused follow-up, recognize subjective cues, and document one organized patient story.
Read health history guide →Shadow Health learning track
Learn the sequence behind every Tina Jones assessment.
Use the modules as connected practice in interviewing, focused examination, cue recognition, documentation, and patient education—not as twelve unrelated checklists.
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Build the story, focus, then integrate.
Begin with the health history, practice a focused mental health assessment, then bring the systems together. Each guide teaches methods you can reuse beyond a single score.
12 / Integration · 8 min
A head-to-toe assessment is not seven separate examinations.
Preserve a reliable route, connect findings across systems, rank deviations, and chart one whole-patient picture.
Read comprehensive guide →Focused assessment · 8 min
Your mental status exam starts before the checklist.
Use therapeutic communication, distinguish the mental status domains, screen safety directly, and document what was said, seen, assessed, and done.
Read mental health guide →The twelve-module map
See one curriculum, not twelve disconnected tasks.
The exact order varies by course. This map groups the modules by what they primarily ask you to practice.
Foundation
Build the patient narrative, establish context, and identify the history that should shape later assessment.
Focused systems
Practice system-specific examination while continuing to connect symptoms, history, function, and documentation.
- HEENT Guide planned
- Respiratory Guide planned
- Cardiovascular Guide planned
- Abdominal Guide planned
- Gastrointestinal Guide planned
- Musculoskeletal Guide planned
- Neurological Guide planned
- Skin, Hair & Nails Guide planned
- Mental Health Published →
Integration & transition
Combine findings into one clinical picture, then communicate education, follow-up, and safe transition planning.
- Comprehensive Published →
- Discharge Guide planned
Transfer the learning
Use every module to strengthen four habits.
Elsevier describes Shadow Health encounters as opportunities to perform assessments, practice documentation, and demonstrate critical thinking. The habits below connect those activities.
Ask from the cue.
Begin broadly, follow meaningful details, and avoid collecting questions without a clinical purpose.
Use a steady route.
Build a repeatable sequence, then adapt it when the patient’s condition or history changes the priority.
Think across systems.
Compare subjective and objective findings, patterns, contradictions, risks, and functional effects.
Show the decision trail.
Record the concern, significant evidence, action, response, and unresolved follow-up needs clearly.
Optional module references
Looking for a specific Tina Jones module?
NursingProxy maintains a separate library covering all twelve Tina Jones modules with individual resource previews.